Catch Up California’ rally / call to action to fund
CA SB1116 equitable payroll fund for the arts

WHAT:
“Catch Up California” rally to fund CA Senate Bill 1116, known as the “Equitable Payroll Fund” — Intended to preserve small, nonprofit performing arts organizations throughout the state and the communities they serve, SB1116 was signed into law in 2022, but remains unfunded in the most recent budget. California notoriously underfunds the arts, investing less than 1/3 of what New York does, and 1/6 of Minnesota. Yet nonprofit arts in San Francisco alone generate $1.4 billion of economic activity. It’s time to catch up, California! Funding SB1116 will create jobs and build inclusive local economies in every district of California. A call to action to urge Governor Newsom and lawmakers in the state legislature to follow through on the commitment they made when they passed SB1116 into law.

WHO:
Confirmed Speakers:
-SB1116 author California State Senator Anthony Portantino
- Actors’ Equity Association President Kate Shindle
- Actor/Antaeus Artistic Director Bill Brochtrup
- Actor Kirsten Vangsness
- Playwrights’ Arena Artistic Director Jon Lawrence Rivera
- Actor/Theatre Producers of Southern California board member Marc Antonio Pritchett
- Emcee: Ophelia’s Jump Producing Artistic Director Beatrice Casagran

WHEN:
-Friday, Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:
Antaeus Theatre Company
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
110 East Broadway
Glendale, CA 91205
(between N. Brand Blvd. and Artsakh Ave.)

PARKING:
First 90 minutes free, then $2 per hour in Glendale Marketplace garage located at 120 S. Artsakh Ave. (between Broadway and Harvard)